Writing Assignment (due next class or as specified in syllabus):

Writing Assignment #1 (Blackboard link)// DUE NEXT WEEK  WA #1.OBSERVATION.pdf instructions

Textbook / Reading assignments on syllabus:

SCRIPTWRITING by Samuel Sloves (pdf)

16th Ed.MES 153 Handout Book

Short Films to view: 

       Pig! (1996, dir./scr. Francine McDougall)

Bitch (2008, dir. Dom Bridges; scr. Ariel Gordon)

Voyages d’affaires (The Business Trip) (2008. dir./scr. Sean Ellis)

       In Decision (2008,  dir./wri. Andrew Norton)

      Nzingha (2016, dir. Anderson Wright)

      Copycat (2015, dir. dir./wri. Charlie Shackleton)

Feature Film to view: [BMCC Libraries Film Databases-link]

The Godfather (1972, dir. Francis Ford Coppola; scr. Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo, from the novel by Mario Puzo)  (Swank Digital Campus — off campus link — need to be logged in to BMCC Library to access)

Tools of Analysis:

Elements of Three Act Structure

Three Act Structure Breakdown

       WHAT IS STORY?

Short Film Analysis Worksheet

Character worksheet

      Matt and Trey at NYU